Top 10 Budget Friendly Meals | Family Favorite Budget Meal

These are the best budget friendly meals. These meals are our family favorites. The recipes are easy and can be made for dinner in a flash. In this video I show you the top 5 but will share 6-10 very shortly. That's ten meals that can be made that are kid friendly, easy, and cheap.

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[tinatacklesit]

I love that you valued your family's input to determine the ranking of these meals. Your children feel their opinions count and that you listen!

[debbiechaney]

Oh my goodness your husband and family are so super lucky to have are a truly amazing cook. I'm 72 now and retired and love love watching your videos. When I had my family I always cooked but never the amazing things that you have thought of. I sewed for my family and my husband and that really helped with the budget. I'm happy that your kids are great kids were never picky and that was a win win for me. Thanks again for all your hard work. ..know that we appreciate you! Love from Debbie and Dexter-Dog the amazing Chihuahua companion.🙏😄

[MGarza-stoj]

My husband mixes equal parts Italian Dressing and BBQ sauce as his marinade! Comes out delicious! And our favorite meatloaf is an Italian Meatloaf that uses ground turkey, Italian sausage, Italian seasonings, Italian cheeses, and marinara sauce! It is so delicious and so flavorful! It is my go to recipe for meatloaf! I make two and freeze into portions for my family.

[jillgott]

Great video and meals. I like to make Breakfast Burritos so easy to make and having them already made is a nice start to the day. I too shop at Shaws in addition to several other stores. Last time they had Ground Turkey on sale one pound packages for $2.97 I bought 3 . Two days later I decided to get another package & stumbled upon a managers special on 2 LB all beef BUBBA BURGERS $16.99 value reduced to $2.99 for quick sale and within expiration date ! I bought the last five boxes !

[erika.m]

Love your relatable, realistic approach to cooking, and I LOVE watching you cook! Thank you for sharing! I truly enjoy your videos!

[evelyngarcia]

Our 3 favorite is rice and a butter/fried eggs then we love baked potatoes with any meat or just by it self and our 3 is fideo with potatoes and ground beef with 1 can of corn in it and mac and cheese with broccoli in it!! Love these ideas cant wait to try some this week

[ginakennett]

What a fun video! A budget meal for us is frying up ham or ham deli meat, putting it on toast and topping with pork and beans. So so good! We eat it with a fork and knife.

[margal]

I love seeing your new videos! I always get great tips too that I’d never heard of before and I’m in my 50’s 🤷‍♀️😂 thank you!! Can’t wait for the 6-10 ranked budget friendly family meals! ♥️🤑🤩

[deadfujoshi]

I love your videos. I have a family of three and you are really helping me stay on budget. I love how you take out the complexity of cooking. You keep it real I love it.

[Krisarooooo]

is ADORABLE!!! Just had to say that before I watch this video...I'm listening as I clean my pantry out...lol...thanks for keeping me company!❤

[kelleyadams]

I love these videos. We always add refried beans to our taco meat. We liked the texture better.

[kkricket]

I'm craving meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and peas now. Love your videos!

[MGarza-stoj]

We add a can of Ranch Style Beans to our taco meat to stretch it and it tastes amazing! I don’t drain it and then add just a little water instead of the full amount. It makes it thick and rich and more filling. 😋😋😋

[lesliekanengiser]

One of our favorite budget meals is fried rice. Typically, we make it with whatever protein and leftover rice we have around. Sometimes it's ham and pineapple fried rice. Sometimes Cajun sausage fried rice. I keep celery, onion, carrot and bell pepper on hand so i am still getting veggies into the kids and not just rice.

[mariagar]

Hey 👋 Maria great job and I make a TV dinner type meal by freezing ALL my leftovers 😊 in plastic meal prep containers... using den 4 lunch or dinner weekdays, THNX AGAIN GOODDAY ✨ 🙂 👋

[annmarieknapp]

These are all so easy and look delicious! Thanks for sharing another great video! 💖

[DSherman]

Loved this video and gave it a like. I’ve had each of these meals starting from childhood. My kids also loved these meals because they could easily see what they were eating, one of the three was food anxious. All I did differently was add a green salad with some of the meals. I’m really hungry now!

[daisyclemons]

I’m going to try the meatloaf, I’ve never had it with stove top in it. It looks delicious!

[tammifields]

Really enjoyed the video Maria! All 5 of these meals look Absolutely DELICIOUS!😋😋 Thanks for some budget friendly ideas!😊

[juanajorden]

You make cooking look so easy. I have a lot of go to recipes that I use. I love to find out what other people cook for go to meals. Thank you for sharing and as always take care!!